Meditation for March 28th Birthdays It is my dad’s birthday. He will stare out at the ocean and contemplate the mysteries of life. Birthdays are a great time to look back at where you came from and take stock of your life now. People from all over the world do cleansing and intentional rituals on […]

Meditation for March 27th The Security Blanket We live with something in our lives that we need to feel safe, and we don’t want anyone to take it away. We picture Linus from Peanuts, with his blue blanket, sucking his thumb, and getting mad at Snoopy, who takes it from Linus all the time. When […]

   Meditation for March 26th Blood Diamonds  A lot of attention has been given to blood diamonds, or conflict diamonds. These are diamonds that are from war-torn countries and help pay for the violent warfare. Visions of child soldiers lugging AK-47s through the savannah come to mind.  People look at skipping the diamond engagement ring […]

Meditation for March 25th Your Voice We all have a unique voice. It isn’t just how the voice sounds, but the words we use, our phrases and slang, the accent and tone, and the volume we use. You can tell that someone you know is on the other side of the supermarket aisle just by […]

Meditation for March 24th Sharing Our Feelings When someone says or does something that hurts our feelings, the best way to respond is to share our feelings and be heard. You say something like, “When you ____________________, I feel ____________________.” The person then does with that information what they have spoken about. Sharing feelings is […]

   Meditation for March 23rd Spring Moods It is finally spring, and now people are gearing up for warmer weather. The sun isn’t here to stay, though, because in the spring, all you have to do is wait 5 minutes, and the weather changes. Sometimes it is calm and warm; other times, it is a […]

Meditation for March 22nd Knowledge Makes You Dumb People are thirsty for knowledge. For us, more enlightened creatures, we absorb as much as we can from books, teachers, and by just observing the world around us. We want to understand what is happening, why it is happening, and how it might end. We look for […]

Meditation for March 21st Teaching Lessons We all have teachers. Some are traditional teachers, such as counselors, parents, older people, therapists, and many other educators we encounter. Others are people passing through our lives, or strangers who say something that changes our path. Hopefully, as we live our lives, we can become teachers in other […]

Meditation for March 19th This Moment In the path to mindfulness, we try to live moment by moment. We focus on our breath, ignoring thoughts about the past and the future. When we live in the past, we are depressed, and when we live in the future, we are anxious. We concentrate on the task […]